New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

SOCCER PLAYER

Alan Shearer

1970 - Today

Photo of Alan Shearer

Icon of person Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer CBE DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker. He is the Premier League's record goalscorer with 260 goals. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Shearer has received more than 10,036,259 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Alan Shearer is the 443rd most popular soccer player (up from 592nd in 2019), the 1,360th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,558th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alan Shearers by language


Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alan Shearer ranks 443 out of 16,880. Before him are Masanori Tokita, Gianluca Vialli, Ian Rush, Simone Inzaghi, Tite, and Jorge Solari. After him are Hisao Kami, Hifuyo Uchida, Mario Mandžukić, John Toshack, Anghel Iordănescu, and Edu Coimbra.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Alan Shearer ranks 32. Before him are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Ryan, Paolo Sorrentino, Dominic Purcell, and John Frusciante. After him are Tonya Harding, Izabella Scorupco, Frank de Boer, Yann Tiersen, Paulo Sousa, and Emmanuel Petit.

Others Born in 1970

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Shearer ranks 1,360 out of 7,765. Before him are Ian Rush (1961), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Mark Rylance (1960), Geezer Butler (1949), Robert Darwin (1766), and Arthur Machen (1863). After him are William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Steven Berkoff (1937), Tom Pryce (1949), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), and John Toshack (1949).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alan Shearer ranks 23. Before him are Wayne Rooney (1985), Brian Clough (1935), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), and Ian Rush (1961). After him are John Toshack (1949), Frank Lampard (1978), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), Fergus Suter (1857), and Gareth Bale (1989).

British born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL